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REPORTS  OF  THE  COMMIT- 
TEES APPOINTED  AT  THE 
JOINT  MEETING  OF  THE 
BOARD  OF  VISITORS,  MARCH 
22,  1905,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF 
INSPECTING  THE  SEVERAL 
DEPARTMENTS  OF  THE  UNI- 
VERSITY OF  CINCINNATI 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI  RECORD 

Ser.  I,  Vol.  II,  No.  4.  Nov.  I,  1905. 


Published  semi-monthly  by  the  University  of  Cincinnati  at  the 
University  Press,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Entered  May  15,  1905, 
at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  as  second-class  matter,  under 
act  of  Congress  of  July  16,  1894. 


BOARD  OF  VISITORS. 


Geo.  M.  Anderson, 
Robert  Anderson, 

R.  F.  Balke, 

James  W.  Bueeock, 

B.  R.  Cowen, 

Walter  A.  DeCamp, 
Edward  Dempsey, 

A.  O.  Elzner, 

William  H.  Fisher, 

N.  D.  C.  Hodges, 
Howard  C.  Hollister, 
Henry  Hooper, 
Herbert  Jenney, 


Geo.  W.  Kittredge, 
F.  W.  Langdon, 
William  McKibbin, 
Guy  W.  Mallon, 
George  B.  Nicholson, 
David  Philipson, 
Robert  Ramsey, 
Alfred  Springer, 
George  A.  Thayer, 
John  M.  Walden, 
Charles  B.  Wilby, 
Joseph  Wilby, 

John  F.  Winslow, 


William  Worthington. 


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meeting  of  board  of  visitors 
march  22,  1905. 

Meeting  was  called  to  order  at  4 o'clock. 

General  B.  R.  Cowen  was  elected  President;  Professor 
Merrick  Whitcomb,  Secretary. 

Bishop  Walden  moved  to  accept  the  arrangement  of 
committees  as  presented  in  the  schedule  furnished  to  the 
members  of  the  Board,  and  to  submit  the  membership  of  said 
committees  to  discussion  and  readjustment.  This  motion 
was  carried. 

The  arrangement  of  the  committees  was  further  ex- 
plained by  President  Dabney,  and  then  the  committees  were 
taken  up  for  consideration,  one  by  one. 

Classics. — On  this  committee  were  placed  Dr.  McKib- 
bin  and  Rabbi  Philipson,  Messrs.  Joseph  Wilby  and  De- 
Camp. 

English  Language  and  Literature. — Messrs.  Hollis- 
ter, Ramsey,  Hooper  and  DeCamp. 

.Modern  Languages. — Messrs.  Mallon,  Balke,  Hooper 
and  Hodges. 

Philosophy  and  Psychology. — Bishop  Walden,  Drs. 
Philipson,  Langdon  and  Thayer. 

History  and  Political  Economy. — Messrs.  Cowen,  C. 
B.  Wilby,  Thayer  and  Jenney. 

Mathematics  and  Physics. — Messrs.  Hollister,  Bul- 
lock and  Nicholson. 

Chemistry  and  Biology. — Messrs.  Springer,  Fisher, 
Worthington  and  Balke. 

Engineering  Department  and  Technical  School. — 
Messrs.  Robert  Anderson,  Kittredge,  Nicholson,  Bullock  and 
Elzner. 


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Library. — Messrs.  Hodges,  Winslow  and  DeCamp. 

Buildings,  Grounds  and  General  Equipment. — 
Messrs.  G.  M.  Anderson,  Kittredge,  Fisher  and  Elzner. 

Law  Department. — Judge  Dempsey,  Messrs.  Worth- 
ington, Joseph  Wilby  and  Jenney. 

Medical  Department. — Messrs.  Jenney,  Springer,  C. 
B.  Wilby  and  Langdon. 

It  was  moved  by  Mr.  Joseph  Wilby  that  the  committees 
as  constituted  be  adopted  as  a whole.  Carried. 

President  Dabney  suggested  that  the  work  of  visitation 
should  be  commenced  as  soon  as  possible  after  April  5th, 
when  the  work  of  the  Spring  Term  would  be  under  way. 

It  was  ruled  that  the  first  gentleman  named  on  the  com- 
mittee be  chairman  of  the  same. 

Meeting  adjourned,  5 p.  m. 

Merrick  Whitcomb,  Secretary. 


REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  CLASSICS. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir:  In  the  absence  of  Dr.  McKibbin,  our  Chair- 
man, I beg  to  report  that  the  Committee  on  Latin  and  Greek 
met  with  Prof.  Burnam  and  Mr.  Kinsella.  They  explained 
die  situation  as  regards  text-books  now  available  at  the 
University  in  their  respective  departments. 

The  Committee  is  satisfied  that  there  is  such  a lack  of 
material  in  the  University  Library  for  properly  teaching 
Greek  and  Latin  as  to  call  for  immediate  attention.  The 
supply  of  the  commoner  editions  of  texts  of  books  usual  in 
such  curricula  is  very  deficient.  Those  in  the  Greek  depart- 
ment are  largely  the  gift  of  Mr.  E.  F.  Bliss.  There  is  imme- 
diate need  of  later  critical  editions  of  standard  authors,  and 
auxiliary  works  to  be  used  in  the  class  room. 

We  recommend  the  purchase  at  once  of  full  sets  of  stan- 
dard texts,  both  Latin  and  Greek,  the  cost  of  which,  it  is 
believed,  would  be  within  $200. 

Further  accessions  should  be  added  as  funds  may  be 
available. 

Respectfully  .submitted, 

Joseph  Wilby,  For  the  Committee . 


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REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  ENGLISH  LAN- 
GUAGE\  AND  LITERATURE. 


Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir:  The  members  of  the  Committee  on  English 
and  English  Literature  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the 
University  of  Cincinnati  beg  to  report  that  they  were 
present  at  the  meeting  when  Dr.  E.  M.  Brown  explained 
the  courses  of  study,  number  of  students  and  the  pres- 
ent needs  of  the  Department  of  English  and  Eng- 
lish Literature,  and  that  he  afterwards  furnished  them 
with  written  notes  of  the  same.  They  have  also 
received  certain  pamphlets  of  Mr.  Miller,  Assistant 
Professor  in  that  Department,  relating  to  topics  and  re- 
searches of  a very  useful  and  instructing  character.  The 
Committee  beg  to  recommend  the  suggestions  of  Dr.  Brown, 
namely,  the  appointment  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Merrill  as  assist- 
ant in  English  at  a salary  of  not  less  than  $400,  and  that  an 
appropriation  be  made  for  the  purchase  of  books  to  fill  cer- 
tain gaps  in  the  library  and  to  provide  modern  books,  which 
the  needs  of  this  Department  absolutely  require.  The  Com- 
mittee desire  to  express  their  satisfaction  and  pleasure  at 
the  excellence  of  the  corps  of  professors  and  instructors  in 
this  Department,  and  at  the  character  of  work  which  is  be- 
ing done  in  it.  Judging  from  the  increasing  number  of 
students,  regular  and  special,  this  Department  promises  to 
fulfill  an  urgent  need  of  modern  education  in  providing  a 
thorough  and  efficient  course  in  English  and  English  Litera- 
ture. In  this  connection  the  Committee  are  of  opinion  that 
the  curriculum  should  include,  as  a necessary  part  of  a lib- 
eral education,  such  a course  in  English  and  English  Litera- 
ture as  a required  study  and  not  as  as  an  elective  study.. 

Very  respectfully  submitted, 

Henry  Hooper, 

Walter  DeCamp, 

Howard  C.  Hollister, 
Robert  Ramsey. 


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REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  MODERN  LAN- 
GUAGES. 


Gen.  B.  R.  Co  wen.  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir  : The  Committee  on  Modern  Languages  begs  to 
report  that  a meeting  was  held,  at  which  were  present  all 
members  of  the  Committee,  and  that  Prof.  Max  Poll,  of  the 
Department  of  Germanic  Languages,  and  that  Prof.  Marco 
Liberma,  of  the  Department  of  Romance  Languages,  met 
with  the  Committee  in  consultation. 

A full  and  free  discussion  of  the  work  and  needs  of  these 
Departments  was  held.  While  there  were  many  suggestions 
of  value  presented,  a decision  was  reached,  to  suggest  only 
the  immediate  pressing  needs,  which  are : 

For  the  Department  of  Germanic  Languages — More 
books  of  reference. 

For  the  Department  of  Romance  Languages — More 
books  of  reference,  and  even  more  urgent,  the  need  of  an 
additional  instructor. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Guy  W.  Mallon,  . 

N.  D.  C.  Hodges, 
Henry  Hooper, 

R.  F.  Balke. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  PHILOSOPHY  AND 
PSYCHOLOGY. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Co  wen.  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir:  Your  Committee  to  which  was  assigned  the 
Department  of  Philosophy  and  Psychology  can  only  present 
a brief  report.  Its  members  are,  perhaps,  not  more  fully 
engaged  than  our  associate  Visitors,  but  there  has  been  op- 
portunity for  only  one  meeting  of  our  Committee  at  the 
University,  and  ir  happened  that  not  all  of  the  members 
could  attend  that  meeting.  At  a subsequent  meeting  three 
members  were  present  to  consider  such  matters  as  had  been 


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collated.  The  members  present  at  the  first  meeting  had  in- 
terviews with  President  Dabney  and  Professors  Benedict 
and  Breese.  It  was  perhaps  better  that  the  classes  in  the 
department  were  not  in  session,  as  a single  visit  to  a class 
would  have  been  of  little  service  to  the  purpose  of  the  Com- 
mittee. The  opportunity  of  conversing  informally  and  free- 
ly with  the  professors  was  appreciated.  Professor  Benedict 
explained  his  methods,  (necessarily  somewhat  briefly),  and 
has  stated  them  more  fully  in  writing  since.  With  these 
statements  in  mind,  it  will  be  the  more  interesting  to  observe 
the  application  of  his  methods  when  the  Committee  can  visit 
his  classes.  We  express  our  satisfaction  with  the  provision 
for  his  classes  in  a light  and  cheery  class-room,  and  an  ample 
conference-room. 

Professor  Breese  is  in  charge  of  the  form  of  Dsycholog- 
ical  study  which  has  been  developed  by  the  investigations 
of  the  modern  scientific  period.  Without  expressing  an 
opinion  of  its  relative  importance,  we  may  suggest  that  be- 
ing more  nearly  aligned  to  the  oft  emphasized  ‘'practical 
education”  of  our  day,  it  is  likely  to  enlist  a deepening  in- 
terest. We  are  persuaded,  however,  that  to  reach  the  full 
measure  of  usefulness,  the  laboratory  must  be  more  liber- 
ally supplied  with  the  most  modern  and  most  approved  ap- 
paratus. Your  Committee  make  special  mention  of  courses 
of  instruction  in  the  applications  of  psychology  to  education, 
which  have  been  given  under  Professor  Breese  in  Districts 
20  and  27  of  the  City  Schools,  attended  by  forty-five  students. 
It  is  surelv  a matter  of  interest  that  so  many  of  our  teachers 
should  seek  this  opportunity  to  pursue  these  lines  of  studv. 
It  may  be  that  a public  recognition  of  this  fact  would  en- 
courage others  to  pursue  this  or  other  helpful  lines  of  study 
provided  by  the  University. 

This  articulation  of  the  University  with  our  District 
Schools  in  this  particular,  suggests  the  wider  relation  of  the 
University  to  our  school  system  by  the  proposed  provision 
in  an  effective  way  for  the  systematic  instruction  of  the 
teachers  in  the  principles  of  pedagogy.  It  is  not  in  our 
province  as  a Committee  to  present  this  matter  in  full  form, 
but  it  having  come  within  our  purview,  we  say  this  word, 
and  express  the  hope  that  the  system  may  be  carefully  in- 
augurated with  the  least  possible  delay,  and  receive  both  the 


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financial  and  moral  support  to  which  a movement  which 
seems  to  be  so  important  to  our  Common  School  system  is 
entitled. 

With  the  limited  examinations  we  have  had  opportunity 
to  make  it  will  not  be  expected  that  the  Committee  will  un- 
qualifiedly endorse  recommendations  suggested  by  the  pro- 
fessors, but  we  are  so  impressed  with  their  importance  that 
we  do  earnestly  commend  them  to  your  attention  and  to  the 
careful  consideration  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

John  M.  Walden, 

David  Philipson, 

For  the  Committee. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  HISTORY  AND  PO- 
LITICAL ECONOMY. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Co  wen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir  : The  Committee  on  History  and  Political  Econ- 
omy of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  University  of  Cincinnati,  met 
Professors  Merrick  Whitcomb  and  Frederick  C.  Hicks  at 
the  University  building,  and  with  them  inspected  the  rooms, 
etc.,  used  by  the  Departments  of  History  and  Political  Econ- 
omy; the  course  of  study,  plan  of  lectures  and  methods  of 
instructions  in  these  departments  were  stated  and  explained 
to  the  Committee  and  much  information  furnished  to  it  by 
them. 

The  time  that  the  Committee  has,  since  its  appointment, 
been  able  to  give  to  a consideration  of  the  subject  assigned 
to  it,  has  not  been  sufficient  to  enable  it  to  make  as  full  an 
investigation  and  report  as  it  could  wish ; but  it  submits  the 
following,  taken  from  reports  made  to  the  Committee,  at  its 
request,  by  Professors  Whitcomb  and  Hicks. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  HISTORY — Enrollment,  350. 

Instruction.  Courses. — This  department  at  present  af- 
fords for  undergraduates  3 hours  of  Ancient  History,  9 
hours  of  Medieval  and  Modern  European  History,  and  6 


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hours  of  American  History  per  week.  In  addition  to  this  2 
hours  of  European  and  2 hours  of  American  History  are 
offered  to  graduate  students. 

Instruction  . Method. — The  method  of  instruction  in 
undergraduate  courses  is  as  follows:  In  the  three-hour 
courses  two  lecture  periods  are  given  ; the  classes,  number- 
ing from  50  to  100  pupils,  are  then  divided  into  quiz-sec- 
tions for  purposes  of  recitation  during  the  third  period.  Tn 
these  quiz-sections  the  assistant  aids  in  conducting  the  recita- 
tions. In  addition  to  the  above,  there  is  a weekly  report, 
geographical  or  based  on  collateral  reading,  handed  in  by 
each  pupil.  Pupils’  grades  are  based  upon  (1)  recitation, 
(2)  reports,  (3)  examination. 

Teaching  Force. — The  teaching  force  consists  of  one 
full  professor  (Prof.  Merrick  Whitcomb),  one  instructor, 
(Dr.  Cox)  and  one  assistant  (Miss  Morrill).  All  are  kept 
busy  with  the  large  number  of  pupils. 

Additions. — The  instruction  given  in  this  department  is 
perhaps  ample,  with  this  exception : that  more  attention 
should  be  devoted  to  English  History.  At  present  English 
History  is  alternated  with  Ancient  History ; but  this  is  open 
to  the  criticism  that  English  History  should  be  given  every 
year.  This  might  be  accomplished  by  assigning  Ancient 
History  to  the  assistant;  but  in  that  case  the  salary  of  the 
assistant  should  be  raised  to  $600. 

Books.— Books  are  as  necessary  to  the  Department  of 
History  as  apparatus  to  the  scientific  departments,  and  in 
this  particular  the  equipment  of  the  department  is  as  yet 
meagre.  In  order  that  pupils  may  be  supplied  with  material 
for  collateral  reading,  it  is  necessary  that  a library  of  dupli- 
cates should  be  supplied  for  each  course,  at  the  rate  of  one 
copy  for  four  pupils.  The  regular  library  funds  are  not 
available  for  the  purchase  of  duplicates  and  a special  fund 
of  $200  is  needed  for  this  purpose. 

Graduate  Work. — The  problem  of  equipping  the  library 
for  graduate  work  in  history  is  a very  serious  one.  Students 
can  not  be  attracted  to  our  University  for  advanced  study  in 
history  until  our  library  facilities  are  brought  up  to  a point 
of  equipment  which  will  compare  favorably  with  that  of 
other  universities.  During  the  past  five  years  about  $1,000 
has  been  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  historical  books. 


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Of  this  perhaps  $500  has  been  devoted  to  books  for  graduate 
work.  In  order  to  concentrate  forces,  the  greater  part  of 
this  has  been  expended  for  books  on  the  French  Revolution; 
and  the  addition  of  $300  more  would  complete  a fair  equip- 
ment for  this  purpose.  The  next  period  to  build  up  would 
be  XIX.  Century  History.  In  English  History  the  library 
lacks  material  for  advanced  study.  The  equipment  is  ex- 
pensive and  could  hardly  be  begun  with  less  than  $1,000. 
This  can  not  be  done  in  a day,  but  the  above  briefly  indicates 
the  system  which  the  Committee  suggests  should  be  em- 
ployed in  building  up  the  graduate  library. 

Illustration. — One  serious  need  of  the  department  is 
an  electric  lantern  and  slides.  This  addition  to  the  means  of 
instruction  is  a valuable  one,  and  is  used  in  most  colleges 
and  in  progressive  high-schools.  A lantern  and  400  slides 
could  be  furnished  for  about  $200. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  the  Committee  suggests  for 
your  consideration,  the  advisability  of  a course  of  lectures 
on  our  Local  History;  perhaps  extending  it  to  include  the 
Mississippi  Valley. 


ECONOMICS. 

Instruction. — The  courses  in  Economics  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Cincinnati  are  arranged  to  give  the  student,  first, 
an  insight  into  the  fundamental  economic  principles  and  into 
the  economic  development  of  society  (Course  1,  “Theory 
of  Economics,”  and  Course  2,  “Economic  History”).  This 
is  followed  by  courses  in  the  leading  economic  problems. 
Thus  in  1905-1906,  courses  are  offered  in  the  “Relation  of 
the  .State  to  Industrial  Activity  (Socialism),”  “Labor,” 
“Trusts”  and  “Transportation;”  in  1906-1907,  alternating 
with  the  former,  there  are  courses  in  “Theory  of  Public 
Finance,”  “Tariff”  and  “Money.”  In  addition  to  these,  a 
course  is  offered  for  engineering  students  in  “Theoretical 
and  Applied  Economics,”  and  a research  course  for  grad- 
uates. 

Needs. — The  needs  of  the  Department  of  Economics  are 
two-fold:  (1)  increased  equipment  in  books  and  (2)  an  in- 
crease in  the  teaching  force. 

Concerning  the  first  of  these,  the  Committee  calls  your 
attention  to  the  fact  that  librarv  equipment  for  economic 


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students  comprises  both  the  literature  on  the  special  subjects 
included  therein,  and  also  publications,  which,  while  not 
strictly  economic,  contain  the  material  for  research. 

The  latter,  in  fact,  constitute  the  laboratory  material  for 
this  department.  For  example,  an  investigation  into  the  prop- 
erty tax  in  the  United  States  calls  for  access  to  the  revised 
statutes,  legislative  acts  and  finance  reports  of  the  United 
States  and  of  the  several  commonwealths.  Such  books,  while 
not  strictly  economic,  are  indispensable  to  the  advanced  stu- 
dent of  economics.  The  University  has  made  a fair  start  in 
supplying  the  Department  of  Economics  with  the  requisite 
library  equipment : its  needs  here  are  for  such  funds  as  will 
secure  the  current  publications  and  add  from  time  to  time 
the  research  material  described. 

The  need  most  seriously  felt  in  this  department  is  the 
second  referred  to  above,  i.  e.,  an  increase  in  the  teaching 
force,  and  that  not  in  economics,  but  in  the  allied  subjects 
of  political  science  and  sociology.  The  Committee  need  not 
dwell  upon  the  value  of  these  subjects  for  training  for  citi- 
zenship, nor  upon  the  importance  of  providing  such  instruc- 
tion in  the  University  of  Cincinnati. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

B.  R.  Cowen, 

Chas.  B.  Wilby, 

Geo.  A.  Thayer, 
Herbert  Jenney, 

Committee. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  MATHEMATICS 
AND  PHYSICS. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir:  The  Committee  on  Mathematics  and  Physics 
of  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati  beg 
to  make  a few  suggestions  for  accomplishing  the  results 
sought  for  in  this  Department,  The  professors  and  instruc- 
tors are  men  of  eminence  in  their  field  of  study  and  research, 
and  are  doing  all  that  can  be  done  with  the  means  at  their 


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command,  but  the  general  growth  of  the  University  and 
the  additional  attendance  in  this  Department  of  students 
taking  mathematics,  estimated  to  be  not  less  than  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  for  the  year  1905-06,  render  the  employment 
of  an  additional  instructor  absolutely  imperative.  During 
the  last  five  years  the  number  of  students  has  about  doubled, 
while  the  number  of  instructors  (three)  has  remained  the 
same.  In  addition  to  this  increase,  there  has  grown  up 
quite  an  extensive  Post-Graduate  Department.  There  are  at 
present  seven  students  taking  this  advanced  work.  It  is 
this  higher  education  and  research  work  and  the  power  to  do 
original  investigation  which  characterizes  a university.  The 
university  that  encourages  nothing  but  the  teaching  of  ele- 
mentary subjects  is  little  better  than  a high  school,  and  the 
universit}r  is  to  be  judged  in  particular  by  its  additions  to 
the  sum  total  of  human  knowledge.  To  do  this  high  grade 
of  work,  books  containing  the  investigations  of  past  and 
modern  mathematicians  are  necessary  for  the  library.  These 
include  the  leading  Mathematical  Journals  and  the  collected 
works  of  the  various  mathematicians.  During  the  last  five 
years  only  about  $1,200  have  been  expended  for  such  books 
for  this  Department,  and  most,  if  not  all  of  that  was  ex- 
pended during  the  first  three  of  those  five  years.  It  is  essen- 
tial that  the  sum  of  about  $1,000  shall  be  used  to  make  the 
Mathematical  Library  a good  working  place  for  advanced 
students.  By  great  care  and  economy  the  apparatus  in  the 
physical  laboratory  has  been  gathered  together  and  kept  in 
good  condition,  but  the  allowance  for  these  purposes  is  in- 
adequate and  should  be  materially  increased. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Howard  C.  Hollister, 

Geo.  B.  Nicholson, 

For  the  Committee. 


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REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  CHEMISTRY  AND 
BIOLOGY. 


Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir:  The  Committee  on  Chemistry  and  Biology 
spent  some  time  at  the  University  attending  lectures  deliv- 
ered by  the  professors  and  their  assistants;  also,  inspected 
the  laboratories,  class  rooms  and  museums  connected  with 
above  Departments. 

Professor  Guyer,  of  the  Department  of  Biology,  indicated 
his  most  urgent  need  as  follows : 

“In  accordance  with  your  suggestions,  permit  me  to  in- 
dicate one  of  the  things  most  desired  for  our  Department  at 
present.  This  is  a photo-micrographic  apparatus  complete 
with  all  lenses.  We  are  in  urgent  need  of  such  an  outfit, 
and  I see  no  way  of  providing  for  it  out  of  our  current  funds. 
There  are  several  of  our  students  that  need  it  badly  in  their 
advanced  work,  and  furthermore*  Mr.  Benedict  and  I are 
very  desirous  of  securing  the  use  of  such  an  instrument  in 
preparing  some  illustrations  for  a text-book  which  we  are 
preparing  for  publication.” 

Professor  Evans,  of  the  Department  of  Chemistry,  de- 
scribes the  needs  of  the  Department  as  follows : 

“Laboratories  of  General  and  Analytical  Chemistry. 

At  present  there  are  60  desks  in  the  General  Laboratory, 
and  there  are  water  and  gas  mains  beneath  the  floor  for  29 
more  desks.  These  could  be  put  in  and  equipped  with  the 
necessary  gas,  water  pipes  and  sinks  for  about  $^0. 

The  60  desks  now  used  for  freshmen  could  be  made 
available  for  twice  that  number  bv  dividing  the  cupboard  and 
drawer  space  in  half.  As  the  classes  are  divided  into  sec- 
tions, each  student  would  have  as  much  working  space  as  at 
present,  and  would  still  have  sufficient  room  for  apparatus. 
The  cost  of  dividing  the  desks  would  not  be  more  than  $60. 

The  additional  desks  should  be  put  in  and  the  old  desks 
divided  this  summer,  as  there  were  70  students  in  General 
Chemistry  this  year,  and  there  has  been  an  increase  in  num- 
bers during  the  last  few  vears. 

It  is  proposed  to  use  the  new  desks  for  Quantitive  Analy- 
sis, as  students  in  this  subject  are  distributed  through  the 


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up  and  down  stair  laboratories,  making-  satisfactory  instruc- 
tion difficult. 

More  desks  are  necessary  for  the  Organic  Laboratory; 
this  would  necessitate  changing  the  stairway  connecting  the 
first  floor  with  the  basement,  as  it  projects  out  into  the  Or- 
ganic Laboratory,  occupying  valuable  room.  To  do  this 
and  erect  the  new  desks  would  require  an  expenditure 
of  about  $400. 

The  laboratory  of  Technical  Chemistry  requires  desks 
and  appliances  such  as  a centrifugal,  steam  baths,  a jack- 
eted kettle  and  devices  for  agitation. 

At  present  a small  room  is  used  for  electrolytic  work;  it 
is  too  small  and  too  poorly  equipped.  A large  storage  bat- 
tery, with  small  tanks  for  electrolysis,  and  more  measuring 
instruments  are  badly  needed  for  instruction  and  research 
along  this  line.  In  order  to  make  it  an  efficient  laboratory 
about  $1,500  should  be  expended. 

The  same  room  is  now  used  for  Physical  Chemistry  and 
Metallography,  and  while  it  hampers  the  work  in  both  sub- 
jects, it  must  continue  to  be  so  used  until  more  room  is 
available  for  laboratories.  More  apparatus  is  needed  for 
the  work  in  Physical  Chemistry,  and  the  same  may  be  said 
for  the  Metallographic  Laboratory,  which  is  now  equipped 
with  apparatus  for  polishing  and  making  microphotographs 
of  metals,  but  which  needs  additional  furnaces  and  pyrome- 
ters, as  well  as  a cabinet  for  the  preservation  of  specimens; 
$250-$500  could  be  spent  to  advantage  on  this  work. 

All  of  the  advanced  laboratories  should  be  provided  with 
blast  and  suction,  and  with  hot  as  well  as  cold  water.  This 
would  cause  an  expenditure  of  between  $500  and  $1,000. 

Owing  to  the  steady  increase  in  the  number  of  students, 
and  to  the  small  appropriations  which  have  been  available, 
the  stock  of  both  apparatus  and  chemicals  has  been  depleted, 
so  that  an  appropriation  of  $5,000  is  needed  for  the  coming 
academic  year. 

More  money  is  needed  for  books,  both  journals  and 
bound  volumes. 

The  number  of  courses  now  given  in  the  Chemical  De- 
partment requires  so  much  time  that  but  little  research  is 
possible,  so  that  an  additional  instructor  and  a private  assist- 
ant are  badly  needed.” 


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Based  upon  the  amount  of  information  it  gleaned  while 
seeing  the  professors  and  students  actively  at  work,  the  Com- 
mittee feels  that  the  interests  of  the  University  could  no  bet- 
ter be  subserved  than  by  affording  the  people  at  large  oppor- 
tunities to  enioy  the  same  privileges. 

Respectfully, 

Alfred  Springer, 

Chairman  Committee  on  Chemistry  and  Biology , 

Wm.  Worthington, 

For  the  Committee. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  ENGINEERING  DE- 
PARTMENT AND  TECHNICAL  SCHOOL. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir  : The  effects  that  a progressive  university  can 
have  on  the  development  and  successful  growth  of  a city, 
we  believe,  are  deeper  and  more  comprehensive  than  from 
any  other  institution.  The  influence  of  its  scientific  educa- 
tion is  felt  in  sanitary  conditions,  both  public  and  private; 
in  the  quality  of  its  buildings  and  public  works;  in  all 
branches  of  manufacture  and  industry,  tending  to  put  them 
in  advance  of  other  cities  with  up-to-date  products  and  eco- 
nomical methods.  This  is  a business  proposition  that  no  good 
citizen  can  overlook.  The  influence  of  its  art  and  literature 
affect  every  walk  of  life,  bringing  permanent  elevation  and 
betterment. 

That  Cincinnati  has  the  foundation  upon  which  to  build 
one  of  the  foremost  universities  in  the  country  cannot  be 
questioned  by  any  one  who  has  looked  into  the  matter.  It 
has  an  ideal  location,  an  organization  and  management  sec- 
ond to  none,  and  in  quality  the  present  buildings  seem  to  be 
all  that  could  be  desired.  In  quantity,  however,  the  build- 
ings are  wholly  inadequate. 

After  a thorough  inspection  we  submit  the  following 
conditions  which  now  exist  and  the  necessity  for  immediate 
action  on  the  part  of  all  who  have  the  interest  of  Cincinnati 
at  heart  will  be  apparent : 


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The  Present  Department  of  Civil  Engineering  has 
the  following : 

1 Office  for  Professor  and  Instructor ; next  year  they 
will  need  two. 

2 Recitation  Rooms,  one  holding  30  and  one  20  students. 
As  some  of  the  courses  now  have  50  students,  work  must  be 
duplicated,  and  valuable  time  lost,  therefore  another  room 
seating  50  is  needed. 

1 Drawing  Room,  capacity  50.  At  times  there  are  near- 
ly 100  students  working  in  this  room  under  several  instruc- 
tors, and  with  these  crowded  conditions  best  results  are  im- 
possible. There  is  no  provision  at  present  for  properly  filing 
the  drawings  and  they  have  to  be  folded  and  put  in  letter 
cases.  Two  more  rooms  of  equal  size  are  therefore  needed 
for  this  department. 

The  Cement  Laboratory  can  accommodate  15  men. 
Next  fall  the  class  will  number  45.  The  present  machine 
for  testing  the  tensile  strength  in  this  department  is  out  of 
date  and  should  be  replaced  with  a modern  Shot  Machine. 

The  Testing  Laboratory  is  too  small  to  hold  machines 
at  present  in  use  and  classes  cannot  properly  observe  the 
tests.  Three  times  the  present  space  is  needed. 

The  Room  for  Surveying  Instruments  will  need 
double  the  capacity  next  year. 

The  Department  of  Mechanical  Engineering  has 
but  one  office,  one  class  room  and  one  laboratory.  There  is 
urgent  need  of  another  class  room  and  2 drafting  rooms. 
In  the  Laboratory  there  is  not  enough  room  for  the  present 
equipment,  which  is  still  quite  incomplete,  and  part  of  this 
room  has  to  be  given  to  the  Department  of  Electrical  Engin- 
eering. The  shops  are  crowded  now  and  have  no  room  for 
growth. 

The  Department  of  Electrical  Engineering  has  but 
one  class  room  and  is  compelled  to  borrow  much  of  its  ap- 
paratus from  the  Department  of  Physics,  and  carry  on  its 
laboratory  work  in  the  Department  of  Engineering.  It  is 
sadly  in  need  of  larger  quarters  and  more  equipment. 

The  Department  of  Chemical  Engineering. 

Laboratory  of  General  Chemistry  has  60  desks  and 
last  year  had  70  students. 

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Laboratory  of  Analytical  Chemistry  is  at  present 
scattered.  Some  of  the  students  being  compelled  to  work  up 
stairs  and  some  down  stairs,  this,  of  course,  is  quite  incon- 
venient. 

The  Laboratory  of  Metallurgical  and  Technical 
Analysis  is  crowded  by  other  departments. 

The  Laboratory  of  Organic  Chemistry  has  one-half 
as  many  desks  as  students  and  has  no  room  for  more  desks. 

The  Laboratory  of  Physical  Chemistry  occupies  but 
one-half  of  a small  room,  the  whole  of  which  is  too  small  for 
its  needs. 

The  Laboratory  of  Electro-Chemistry  is  less  than 
one-half  the  size  needed  by  the  present  classes. 

All  of  the  above  departments  lack  many  modern  conven- 
iences that  are  essential  to  the  best  results. 

There  is  an  urgent  need  of  reading  rooms  with  books  and 
current  periodicals  on  the  subjects  studied. 

A professorship  in  Geology  and  Mineralogv  should  be 
established,  and  that  our  University  has  no  departments  in 
Architecture  and  Mining  Engineering  shows  that  we  must 
take  some  action  to  stir  up  the  necessary  interest  to  make 
this  essential  growth  possible. 

From  the  above  we  would  report  that  the  College  of  En- 
gineering should  have  a new  building,  which,  with  a proper 
allowance  for  growth,  should  be  as  large  as  McMicken  Hall, 
with  spaces  left  for  wings  like  Cunningham  and  Hanna 
Halls. 


THE  TECHNICAL  SCHOOL. 

This  braneh\  of  the  University  offers  the  best  possible 
preparation  for  those  expecting  to  take  up  engineering  in 
the  University,  but  for  those  whose  circumstances  will  not 
permit  of  a college  education,  it  gives  a start  in  life  that  no 
other  training  possibly  can. 

At  present  there  are  120  students  crowded  into  4 class 
rooms  that  should  not  be  made  to  accommodate  over  100. 
It  is  necessary  to  divide  some  of  the  classes  into  three  sec- 
tions, in  order  to  get  in  the  necessary  recitations,  and  hours 
that  should  be  devoted  to  study  in  a quiet  room  have  to  be 
spent  in  the  halls. 


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Chemical  Laboratory  which  will  accommodate  20  has 
to  provide  for  34. 

Physical  Laboratory  is  entirely  full. 

Biological  Laboratory  which  will  accommodate  18  has 
to  provide  for  60  in  three  classes. 

Manual  Training  Department,  26  benches  and  22 
wood  lathes  have  to  be  used  bv  60  students. 

There  are  24  forges  and  30  students. 

The  Machine  Shop  has  13  machines  with  a class  of  30 
students.  The  above  equipment,  which  it  can  be  seen  is  en- 
tirely inadequate  for  the  Technical  School,  is  still  more  in- 
adequate for  the  Engineering  Department  of  the  University, 
who  use  this  shop. 

The  Drawing  Room  has  immediate  need  for  the  accom- 
modation of  30  more  students. 

The  present  course  is  three  years,  and  in  order  to  properly 
prepare  for  entrance  into  the  University,  the  course  should 
be  four  years. 

From  the  above  it  can  be  seen  that  if  the  present  condi- 
tions are  not  relieved,  our  Cincinnati  boys  who  desire  this 
class  of  education  that  can  be  obtained  in  no  other  way, 
will  have  to  be  turned  away  from  our  Technical  School. 

Robert  Anderson, 

G.  B.  Nicholson, 

Jas.  Wilson  Bullock, 

A.  O.  Elzner, 

Geo.  W.  Kittredge. 

Committee  of  Visitation  for  the  Engineering  College  and 

the  Technical  School  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  LIBRARY. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir  : The  Committee  on  the  Library  finds  that  one 
pressing  need  of  the  University  is  the  regular  acquisition  of 
books  from  year  to  year.  It  is  not  so  important  to  increase 
the  number  of  books  of  general  interest,  for  with  these  the 
library  seems  to  be  fairly  supplied.  The  Committee  refers 


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more  to  books  which  would  be  useful  in  the  courses  of  in- 
struction now  offered  in  the  Colleges  of  Liberal  Arts  and 
Engineering  and  in  other  courses  which  would  be  offered  if 
the  library  material  were  available.  Of  the  special  libraries 
of  the  Colleges  of  Medicine  and  Law  the  Committee  takes 
no  cognizance,  as  all  the  work  of  those  schools,  it  is  pre- 
sumed, will  be  covered  by  the  Visiting  Committees  especially 
assigned. 

At  present  the  head  of  each  department  is  hampered  by 
the  lack  of  the  so-called  source  books — the  raw  material  of 
history,  philology  and  the  sciences — in  the  conduct  of  the 
courses  now  offered,  while  the  lack  of  such  material  makes 
it  impossible  to  grant  the  wishes  of  students  for  more  ad- 
vanced work.  Members  of  the  faculty  represent  that  by 
the  expenditure  of  modest  sums  each  year  such  books  could 
be  obtained  first  for  one  line  of  study  and  then  another,  so 
that  with  time  the  library  would  be  materially  strengthened 
where  it  is  now  weak.  But  this  would  mean  some  continuity 
in  the  book  purchasing  policy. 

In  the  development  of  the  higher  university  work  it  is 
imperative  that  yearly  some  additions  should  be  made  to  the 
collection  of  books.  During  the  last  two  years  no  money  has 
been  appropriated  to  this  purpose  from  the  University  funds. 
The  Committee  recognizes  with  regret  that  the  financial  re- 
sources of  the  University  are  limited ; that  after  providing 
for  salaries,  sinking  fund  and  annuity  charges  the  balance  of 
the  income  is  hardly  sufficient  to  pay  the  expenses  of  physical 
maintenance. 

In  the  purchase  of  books  and  periodicals  the  same  rules 
do  not  apply  as  in  the  case  of  such  a staple  as  coal.  Each 
book  and  each  periodical,  to  get  the  best  terms,  must  be  treat- 
ed as  a separate  article.  It  often  happens  that  the  publisher 
of  a periodical  makes  a price  to  libraries  which  is  lower  than 
the  price  to  the  trade.  Then  some  of  the  agencies  which 
make  a business  of  handling  periodical  subscriptions  give 
better  terms  on  some  periodicals  than  do  others.  It  is  only 
by  getting  bids,  as  it  were,  on  each  separately  that  the  best 
prices  on  periodicals  can  be  obtained.  The  taking  of  sub- 
scriptions for  periodicals  is  a business  by  itself  and  requires 
experience.  The  University  Library,  on  account  of  the  pres- 
ent rule  requiring  the  awarding  of  the  whole  list  of  period- 


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icals  to  the  lowest  bidder,  had  to  award  the  contract  within 
a year  to  a firm  entirely  without  knowledge  of  the  business. 
After  a delay  of  months  and  with  no  periodicals  delivered 
the  order  was  placed  with  a former  agent. 

In  the  purchase  of  books  much  the  same  is  true.  Each 
book  must  be  treated  bv  itself.  One  book  may  be  cheaper  in 
London  than  in  New  York ; another  may  be  on  sale  in  Edin- 
burgh for  a few  weeks  for  less  than  in  London ; a New  York 
dealer  may  offer  at  a low  price  the  remainder  of  an  edition ; 
there  are  bankrupt  sales  and  auction  sales,  which  must  be 
watched  for  chances  to  get  books  below  trade  rates.  Many 
subscription  books  after  a year  come  on  the  market  through 
second-hand  dealers  at  prices  which  are  only  25  or  50  per 
cent,  of  what  they  are  first  sold  for.  The  librarian  should 
have  a free  hand  to  take  advantage  of  these  opportunities  to 
save  money  and  not  be  limited  to  paying  contract  rates  to 
one  dealer. 

In  all  the  sciences,  history  and  sociology  it  is  the  practice 
to  refer  to  the  original  records  as  printed  in  periodicals  and 
not  to  the  summaries  given  in  text  books.  The  prompt  re- 
ceipt of  periodicals  as  issued  and  the  equally  prompt  binding 
of  the  volumes  as  these  are  completed  are  of  prime  imoort- 
ance. 

The  binding  of  the  books  in  a library  should  be  going  on 
constantly  and  by  a binder  knowing  the  requirements  of  the 
library  as  to  styles  for  the  different  sets  and  classes  of  books 
and  the  necessarily  hard  usage  which  University  books  re- 
ceive. Bids  are  constantly  sent  in  by  competing  binders,  and 
there  is  no  likelihood  of  excessive  prices  being  paid.  Funds 
are  not  so  plentiful  in  libraries  that  Librarians  are  not  con- 
stants on  the  watch  for  a chance  to  save  pennies  wherever 
possible. 

There  is  at  present  no  cataloguing  department  in  the  Uni- 
versity Library,  the  last  member  of  that  department  having 
resigned  in  January.  The  catalogue  is  reported  by  the  Li- 
brarian to  cover  all  the  books  belonging  to  the  University  in 
Van  Wormer  Hall,  with  the  exception  of  the  books  on  Mex- 
ico recently  received  as  a gift  from  the  estate  of  the  late  Dr. 
Gustav  Bruhl.  The  Committee  ventures  to  express  the  hope 
that  at  least  one  cataloguer  can  be  employed  at  an  early  date 


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that  this  collection  may  be  made  available  as  well  as  the  ac- 
cessions, which  must  needs  be  modest  in  number  for  some 
time  to  come.  The  catalogue  does  not,  as  yet,  cover  the 
books  of  the  Historical  and  Philosophical  Society. 


Respectfullv  submitted, 

N.  D.  C.  Hodges, 
Walter  A.  DeCamp, 
John  F.  Winslow, 
Committee  on  the  Library. 


May  6,  1905. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  BUILDINGS, 
GROUNDS  AND  GENERAL  EQUIPMENT. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir  : After  a tour  through  the  present  buildings  it 
appeared  that  there  seemed  to  be  great  possibilities  for  im- 
proving the  basement  rooms,  and  making  the  space  very 
much  more  useful  than  at  present. 

This  could  be  accomplished  very  easily  by  the  removal  of 
some  partitions  and  floors. 

In  the  attic  there  is  a great  deal  of  waste  room  that  can 
be  reclaimed  for  the  uses  of  the  UFuversity.  This  would  re- 
quire the  extension  of  the  two  main  stairways,  one  story 
higher ; as  the  present  approach  to  the  attic  is  entirely  in- 
adequate, it  would  also  be  well  to  provide  an  elevator,  which 
at  the  same  time  would  be  useful  for  the  other  floors. 

The  University  needs  a separate  Engineering  Building, 
Dormitories  and  a Gymnasium. 

The  question  of  a location  for  the  Engineering  Building 
was  casually  discussed  and  the  consensus  of  opinion  seemed 
to  be  that  it  should  be  placed  in  the  vicinity  of  Hanna  Hall, 
but  just  where  was  not  determined. 

Geo.  M.  Anderson, 

For  the  Committee. 


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REPORT  OP  COMMITTEE  ON  LAW 
DEPARTMENT. 


Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir  : The  Committee  on  the  “Law  Department”  of 
the  Board  of  Visitors,  University  of  Cincinnati,  respectfully 
report  as  follows : 

It  visited  the  class-rooms  in  which  several  subjects  were 
presented,  during  lecture  time ; found  the  method  of  instruc- 
tion that  of  the  case  system  as  pursued  at  Harvard ; the  stu- 
dents were  called  upon  by  the  professors  to  state  each  case 
covered  by  the  lesson  or  lecture — both  the  facts  and  the 
point  involved — and  to  decide  whether  the  case  was  decided 
correctly  on  principle,  what  the  principle  was,  the  reason 
for  the  principle,  and  generally  to  apply  themselves  to  the 
reason  of  the  law  involved  in  the  case,  rather  than  a mere 
recollection  of  what  the  law  was.  The  students,  as  far  as  the 
Committee  in  the  limited  time  it  had  heard  their  perform- 
ance, in  response  to  the  questions  of  the  lecturer,  seemed  to 
indicate  an  intelligent  knowledge  on  the  subject.  The 
work  from  the  professor’s  chair  was  clear  and  efficient. 

It  found  the  building,  lecture  rooms,  etc.,  clean  and  in 
good  condition,  with  good  light,  and  well  arranged  and 
adapted  for  the  work ; and  the  Law  Department  can  congrat- 
ulate itself  on  being  so  well  housed  and  so  conveniently 
located. 

It  gave  some  attention  to  the  library  connected  with  the 
school  and  located  in  the  Law  School  Building,  but  not  so 
long  an  investigation  as  it  might  have  wished.  The  Depart- 
ment has  about  seven  or  eight  thousand  volumes,  mostly  the 
result  of  gifts ; it  has  the  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Michi- 
gan, Wisconsin,  Massachusetts  and  New  York  reports,  and 
a fair  set  of  English  reports,  both  law  and  chancery.  It  has, 
of  course,  the  Ohio  reports  and  all  the  subsidiary  reports  of 
Ohio  courts.  It  also  has  the  United  States  Supreme  Court 
reports  and  the  Federal  Reporter.  The  Committee  under- 
stands from  Dean  Rogers  that  the  Department  has,  so  far, 
been  able  to  keep  up  the  reports  above  mentioned  by  buying 
the  volumes  from  year  to  year  as  they  a^oear.  The  set  of 
Ohio  laws  is  not  complete  ; naturally  the  breaks  being  as  to 
the  earlier  years.  The  Department  has  not,  and  needs,  stat- 


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utes  of  states  other  than  Ohio,  preferably  those  of  Michi- 
gan, Indiana,  Kentucky,  Illinois,  from  which  probably  most 
of  the  students  outside  of  Ohio  come.  The  Department 
ought  to  have  digests  of  the  reports  of  those  states,  and  also 
of  Massachusetts  and  New  York;  also  the  annual  volumes 
of  the  American  Digests. 

The  Department  has  also  the  West  series  of  reports,  the 
Atlantic,  the  Pacific,  the  North  Eastern,  etc.,  but  there  are 
breaks  in  some  of  all  of  these  sets  of  reports,  say  eight  or 
ten  in  each,  which  ought  to  be  supplied. 

The  Department  has  also  a limited  supply  of  text  books, 
but  most  of  them  are  outgrown. 

Considerable  care  ought  to  be  exercised  in  the  purchase 
of  text  books.  They  are  expensive,  and  some  are  antiquated, 
and  some  nearly  worthless.  Some  additions  ought,  however, 
to  be  made.  In  short,  the  Committee  found  the  library  a 
good  start  for  a working  library  suited  to  the  needs  of  the 
student.  It  would  not  take  much  money  to  perfect  it  and 
make  it  much  more  valuable,  but  in  the  expenditure  of  that 
money  and  the  selection  of  what  additions  should  be  made, 
there  ought  to  be  a more  careful  and  detailed  examination 
and  checking  up  of  the  contents  of  the  library  than  your 
Committee  has  been  able  to  make. 

The  Librarian  reports  that  the  Department  has  on  hand 
the  following  sets  of  reports,  namely : 

United  States  Report. 

Federal  Reporter.. 

California  Reports. 

Connecticut  Reports. 

Illinois  Reports. 

Indiana  Reports. 

Iowa  Reports. 

Kansas  Reports. 

Kentucky  Reports. 

Maine  Reports. 

Massachusetts  Reports. 

Michigan  Reports. 

New  Jersey  Law  Reports. 

New  Jersey  Equity  Reports. 

New  York  Reports. 

Ohio  State  Reports. 


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Pennsylvania  State  Reports. 

Nebraska  Reports  (three  volumes  only). 

Tennessee  Reports. 

Virginia  Reports. 

West  Virginia  Reports. 

Wisconsin  Reports. 

In  the  National  Reporter  System  the  volumes  missing  in 
each  set  are  as  follows : 

Northwestern  Reporter,  Volumes  69  to  82  inclusive. 

Southeastern  Reporter,  Volumes  21  to  35  inclusive. 

Southern  Reporter,  Volumes  21  to  27  inclusive. 

Atlantic  Reporter,  Volumes  36  to  45  inclusive. 

Northeastern  Reporter,  Volumes  45  to  56  inclusive. 

Southwestern  Reporter,  Volumes  37  to  56  inclusive. 

Pacific  Reporter,  Volumes  47  to  60  inclusive. 

The  Department  has  no  recent  statutes  of  any  of  the 
states  excepting  Ohio.  There  are  no  recent  digests  of  any  of 
the  state  reports  excepting  those  of  Ohio.  There  are  many 
recent  text  books  in  connection  with  the  subjects  taught  in 
the  course  which  should  be  placed  in  the  library  if  the  De- 
partment possessed  a fund  large  enough  to  cover  these  needs. 
In  these  comments  on  the  library  we  have  not  considered  its 
ownership. 

Upon  the  whole,  the  impression  left  upon  the  Commit- 
tee was  very  favorable  as  to  the  excellence  of  the  school, 
both  as  regards  its  building  and  plant,  the  efficiency  and  de- 
votion of  its  professors  and  instructors,  and  the  interest,  in- 
telligence and  progress  shown  by  the  students  in  their  work. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Edward  J.  Dempsey, 

Wm.  Worthington, 

Joseph  Wilby, 

Herbert  Jenney, 

Committee. 


REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  MEDICAL 
DEPARTMENT. 

Gen.  B.  R.  Cowen,  Chairman  Board  of  Visitors : 

Dear  Sir:  The  Committee  on  the  Medical  Department 
of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  University  of  Cincinnati,  has  vis- 


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ited  the  College  Building  on  McMicken  avenue,  and  in  com- 
pany with  Dr.  P.  S.  Conner,  the  Dean,  and  Dr.  Albert  V. 
Phelps,  the  Secretary  of  the  Faculty,  examined  the  building 
and  the  recitation  rooms  very  thoroughly  and  full  informa- 
tion was  given  to  it  in  regard  to  the  course  of  instruction, 
etc.  The  Committee  found  the  building  admirably  arranged 
and  lighted,  and,  so  far  as  it  was  able  to  judge,  well  adapted 
to  the  purposes  of  the  College,  and  the  course  of  lectures 
well  arranged.  It  is  not  necessary  for  us  to  call  your  at- 
tention to  the  great  ability  and  enviable  reputation  of  the 
professors  and  instructors  of  this  College,  as  they  are  as  well 
known  to  you  as  to  the  Committee.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  it 
seems  to  the  Committee  the  curriculum  has  been  admirably 
arranged  and  thoroughly  presented. 

From  what  the  Committee  could  learn  and  from  obser- 
vation, it  seems  that  a new  and  more  effective  heating  ap- 
paratus is  needed  in  the  building. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Herbert  Jenney, 

Charles  B.  Wilby, 

Alfred  Springer, 

For  the  Committee. 


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On  the  evening  of  Wednesday , June  seventh , 
members  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  were  enter - 
tained  at  the  residence  of  Major  Frank  J.  Jones , 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
University  of  Cincinnati . Reports  of  the  several 
committees  were  read , and  a co7nmittee , consist- 
ing of  Mr . Joseph  Wilby , Mr . Robert  Ramsey 
and  the  secretary  was  aj>f>ointed  to  collate  and 
summarize  the  reports  and  present  the  same  to 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  University . 


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UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI 


7 he  University  comprises  the  following  Departments: 

L The  Graduate  School* 

IL  The  College  of  Liberal  Arts. 

IIL  The  College  for  Teachers* 

IV*  The  College  of  Engineering* 

(Mechanical,  Electrical,  Civil,  and  Chemical  Engineering1). 

V.  The  College  of  Law. 

(The  Cincinnati  Law  School). 

VI*  The  College  of  Medicine* 

(Medical  College  of  Ohio). 

VII*  The  Technical  School* 

(A  Manual  Training  High  School). 

VIII*  The  Department  of  Clinical  Medicine* 

(The  Clinical  and  Pathological  School  of  the  Cincinnati 
Hospital). 


For  catalogue,  announcements  of  the  various  depart- 
ments, and  further  information  address 

The  Secretary,  University  of  Cincinnati, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio* 


